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Duplicate of The Planets and the Outer Solar System
Duplicate of The Planets and the Outer Solar System
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This quiz is based on 7th-grade Earth/Space Science curriculum in Florida.
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1
Io, a moon of Jupiter, has the most _________ of any object in the Solar System.
Liquid Water
Iron Oxide
Volcanoes
Ice
2
Which of these planets have
deep
,
massive
atmospheres?
Mercury, Jupiter
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mars, Saturn
Venus, Mars
3
Light travels from the Sun to Earth in about _______________________.
8 minutes
8 years
8 seconds
8 hours
4
Which of these planets is a gas giant?
Mars
Venus
Pluto
Uranus
5
What caused this crater?
asteroid
meteorite
meteor
meteoroid
6
What gives Mars its red color?
Helium
Brick Dust
Hydrogen
Iron Oxide
7
What distance is an AU (astronomical unit)?
Distance from Mercury to Neptune
Distance from Sun to Asteroid Belt
Distance from Sun to Earth
Distance from Sun to Neptune
8
Which of these planets has a solid surface?
Uranus
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
9
Which variable responds to the change made on purpose in an experiment?
dependent
test
independent
controlled
10
Which of these adjectives describes a terrestrial planet?
large
rocky
cold
gaseous
11
Which of these features of our solar system is located outside the orbits of the Gas Giants?
Kuiper Belt
Mercury
Ceres
Asteroid Belt
12
Which gas gives Uranus and Neptune their blue colors?
Water Vapor
Hydrogen
Helium
Methane
13
The variable in an experiment which is changed so it can be tested is the __________ variable.
independent
wild
dependent
controlled
14
Why is Venus hotter than Mercury?
Internal Heating
it has methane gas
It's closer to the Sun.
Its incredibly thick atmosphere.
15
Going from the Sun outward, which of these order of planets is incorrect?
Earth-Mars-Saturn
Mercury-Venus-Earth
Saturn-Uranus-Neptune
Venus-Earth-Mars
16
What measure of distance should we use inside the solar system?
kilometers
light year
miles
AU
17
Uranus is 19.2 AU from the Sun. It is about ___times farther from the Sun than Earth.
20
3
18
19
18
A "shooting star" is really a ______________________ ?
Asteroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Meteoroid
19
Mars is farther from the Sun than Earth, so which planet has a longer year (orbit)?
They are the Same
Earth
Mercury
Mars
20
Which planet has surface gravity most like Earth?
Uranus, 79%
Saturn, 106%
Jupiter, 253%
Neptune, 112%
21
Which feature of the solar system lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
Meteoroid Belt
Asteroid Belt
22
What is this object?
meteor
meteorite
asteroid
comet
23
Which of the 8 planets has the longest year (orbit of the Sun)?
Mercury
Earth
Neptune
Uranus
24
This is Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the Solar System. What planet is it on?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
25
Which planets have the most moons?
Mars and Jupiter
Jupiter and Uranus
Saturn and Neptune
Jupiter and Saturn
26
A _________ is a testable idea which leads to a scientific investigation.
Guess
Variable
Hypothesis
Definition
27
Because of its near identical size and gravity, which planet is considered Earth's "sister"?
Mars
Makemake
Venus
Pluto
28
Which of these is categorized as a terrestrial planet?
Neptune
Mercury
Eris
Pluto
29
___________ is collected by scientists to prove their theories.
Theoretical Evidence
Empirical Evidence
Extraordinary Evidence
Scientific Evidence
30
Force of attraction between objects due to mass and weight is:
astronomical unit
gravity
friction
centripedal
31
The variable that can be changed so that it can be tested is the:
controlled
independent
outcome
dependent
32
The __________ is a spherical, loose collection of icy objects surrounding the Solar System.
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Outer Belt
Oort Cloud
